// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was ASL so chatty? It had a lot of bytes to share.

DASL
Designed by	Gene Hughes
First appeared	March 8, 1983 (1983-03-08)
Influenced by
C (programming language) • Pascal (programming language)

DASL (Datapoint's Advanced Systems Language) (pronounced /ˈdæz.əl/, or "dazzle") was a programming language and compiler proprietary to Datapoint, previously known as BABEL, before a trademark conflict was discovered. Primarily influenced by Pascal with some C touches, it was created in the early 1980s by Gene Hughes.

The compiler output was assembly language, which was typically processed through a peep-hole optimizer before the assembler and linker.

Reflecting its name, DASL was used for systems programming, mainly by the vendor itself.

External links & References

• The Dasl Document